About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Oakland, CATwitter
Politics Archive
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What I’m Reading
Posted on May 16, 2008 | No CommentsIvan Krstic: In fact, I quit when Nicholas told me — and not just me — that learning was never part of the mission. The mission was, in his mind, always getting as many laptops as possible out there; to say anything about learning would... -
Kids 4 Obama / Mom 4 Hillary
Posted on April 21, 2008 | 1 CommentThese banners are hung in two windows of the same house, less than a block north of my own. I think it pretty much sums up the entire election. -
Remarks of Senator Barack Obama
Posted on March 18, 2008 | No CommentsObama: But I have asserted a firm conviction – a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people – that working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and that in fact we have no... -
Washington Post: Obama Sweeps Clinton In D.C., Md. and Va.
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NYT’s Voices from the Polls
Posted on February 5, 2008 | 2 CommentsI’m interviewing voters as they come out of the voting booths in Oakland, Piedmont and Lafayette today for the NYT’s online feature “Voices from the Polls”. Check it out here. Update: I had to go all the way out to Danville to find Republicans. Seriously. -
Obama support strong in North Oakland
Posted on February 4, 2008 | 1 CommentI was out doing errands this afternoon and saw Obama supporters staked out at the intersections of Ashby Ave./Claremont Ave., Keith/College Ave. (Rockridge BART), and Broadway and 51st St. They were waving signs and banners at passing cars. Over the last few months, I’ve seen... -
Slate: The Constitution and the Candidates, What would the framers say?
Posted on February 4, 2008 | No CommentsSlate: In turn, Barack Obama’s candidacy marks the fulfillment of the 15th Amendment guaranteeing black suffrage. Whereas Romney is the most aristocratic candidate, Obama is the least. Not because he is biracial, but because he is self-made. His parents had little wealth, prestige, and power... -
Daniel Hernandez on NPR: “Age, Not Race, Splits Latinos’ Democratic Vote”
Posted on February 1, 2008 | No CommentsBig ups once again to Daniel Hernandez for his commentary on last night’s All Things Considered : “Age, Not Race, Splits Latinos’ Democratic Vote”. As he blogs: Friends, my latest commentary for NPR’s “All Things Considered” ran today. It addresses the question of whether “Latino”... -
The New Yorker: The Clinton-Obama battle reveals two very different ideas of the Presidency.
Posted on January 21, 2008 | No CommentsThe New Yorker: The alternatives facing Democratic voters have been characterized variously as a choice between experience and change, between an insider and an outsider, and between two firsts—a woman and a black man. But perhaps the most important difference between these two politicians—whose policy... -
Get your official Obama ringtones!
Posted on January 3, 2008 | 2 CommentsSo what does Barack Obama have that the other candidates don’t? Ringtones, baby, ringtones. Seriously.
